Ympker's VPN LTD Comparison Chart

YmpkerYmpker OG
edited August 2021 in General

Looking to grab a LTD on Stacksocial for a VPN Service?
Here is a comparison chart featuring all the VPN Services I have a LTD of:
Windscribe Pro, Ivacy, FastestVPN, RA4W VPN, VPNUnlimited/Keepsolid, Getflix.

The following criteria will be assessed: Purchase date, Jurisdicition, Speed, Connection Stability, Own Client, Manual setup protocols available, Torrents, Flix, Cool Extras and whether the LTD has an expiry date set in the client area.

I'll try to update it (especially the speeds table) ever so often :)

Any questions, feel free to ask.

Yes, I'm an LTD addict :)

Ympker's VPN LTD Comparison, Uptime.is, Ympker's GitHub.

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  • WSSWSS OG Guru Meditation Error

    It would be awesome if you could provide at least some information inline.

    "It's a hard life- to be a stick insect." - Karl Pilkington

  • YmpkerYmpker OG

    @WSS said:
    It would be awesome if you could provide at least some information inline.

    Pmed ya.

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  • WSSWSS OG Guru Meditation Error

    The only thing I see missing is Cool whip and a cherry on top.

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  • YmpkerYmpker OG

    Why not a Bratwurst?

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  • WSSWSS OG Guru Meditation Error

    @Ympker said:
    Why not a Bratwurst?

    That's a bit heavy for a VPN.

    "It's a hard life- to be a stick insect." - Karl Pilkington

  • deepak_lebdeepak_leb OG

    Can someone offer windscribe Lifetime ?

  • YmpkerYmpker OG

    @deepak_leb said:
    Can someone offer windscribe Lifetime ?

    Pretty sure it's no longer offered :/

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  • rizkiv1rizkiv1

    Can you add border?
    It's confusing to read.

  • YmpkerYmpker OG
    edited March 2020

    @rizkiv1 said:
    Can you add border?
    It's confusing to read.

    Border? Do you mean no line break so you don't have to scroll to the side? Not enough space I guess. But you can mark the VPN's table you are interested in, so when you scroll to the side you still know which row to look at :)

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  • EmmetEmmet OG

    RA4WVPN didn't even enable encryption until a few years ago. For the first 4 years of their service, it was literally an unencrypted OpenVPN tunnel. Not sure if I'd trust their technical competence.

  • deepak_lebdeepak_leb OG

    @Ympker said:

    @deepak_leb said:
    Can someone offer windscribe Lifetime ?

    Pretty sure it's no longer offered :/

    Pretty sure it's a painful one

  • YmpkerYmpker OG

    @Emmet said:
    RA4WVPN didn't even enable encryption until a few years ago. For the first 4 years of their service, it was literally an unencrypted OpenVPN tunnel. Not sure if I'd trust their technical competence.

    I haven't used it in quite a long while I guess.

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  • UnixfyUnixfy OG

    @Ympker said: Border? Do you mean no line break so you don't have to scroll to the side? Not enough space I guess. But you can mark the VPN's table you are interested in, so when you scroll to the side you still know which row to look at

    I think he meant to add colors for each column. I found it difficult to read as well

  • YmpkerYmpker OG

    @Unixfy said:

    @Ympker said: Border? Do you mean no line break so you don't have to scroll to the side? Not enough space I guess. But you can mark the VPN's table you are interested in, so when you scroll to the side you still know which row to look at

    I think he meant to add colors for each column. I found it difficult to read as well

    Will consider it ;) Thanks!

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  • poissonpoisson OG

    Ivacy is based in Singapore, no?

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  • YmpkerYmpker OG

    @poisson said:
    Ivacy is based in Singapore, no?

    Yes, they are. No idea why I put Hong Kong.

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  • vimalwarevimalware OG

    Any of these have a SGP pop?

    Could you save me some time and list them?

  • YmpkerYmpker OG
    edited March 2020

    @vimalware said:
    Any of these have a SGP pop?

    Could you save me some time and list them?

    Windscribe has one for sure (no more LTD deals though). Ivacy, FastestVPN and Keepsolid, too.

    See:

    https://support.fastestvpn.com/vpn-servers

    https://support.ivacy.com/servers-list/

    Windscribe see screenshot. Keepsolid I could select Singapore in config generator. Pretty sure the respective VPN Apps have Singapore as well.

    Best to contact their support though, if you need to be sure it's physically in Singapore. Some VPNs use Virtual Locations.

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  • vyasvyas OG
    edited March 2020

    @vimalware said:
    Any of these have a SGP pop?

    Could you save me some time and list them?

    To add to @Ympker
    Keepsolid (vpn unlimited)
    Ivacy

    Used both with Singapore location .

    And on a related note....
    I got FOMO’d and purchased the LT plan of VPN Unlimited thanks to @ympker. Ivacy somehow does not work for me

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  • YmpkerYmpker OG

    @vyas said:

    @vimalware said:
    Any of these have a SGP pop?

    Could you save me some time and list them?

    To add to @Ympker
    Keepsolid (vpn unlimited)
    Ivacy

    Used both with Singapore location .

    And on a related note....
    I got FOMO’d and purchased the LT plan of VPN Unlimited thanks to @ympker. Ivacy somehow does not work for me

    Thanks for chiming in mate ;) I feel like VPN Unlimited is overall more stable and performant than Ivacy and has a bigger overall quality. The reason I use Ivacy so much more though because I mostly need VPN to unblock Flix etc and unlikte VPN Unlimited with Ivacy you don't need to add or remove any devices since it counts only the concurrent ones. Furthermore Ivacy offers a bit more channels to unblock in their Browser extension than VPNUnlimited but overall VPNUnlimited is of higher quality I'd say.

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  • poissonpoisson OG

    @Ympker Have you tried Ivacy's Beijing/Shanghai's servers? I am just curious about connecting into China from outside.

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  • YmpkerYmpker OG
    edited March 2020

    @poisson said:
    @Ympker Have you tried Ivacy's Beijing/Shanghai's servers? I am just curious about connecting into China from outside.

    I haven't. I only use their browser extension and the respective US Flix, or other streaming locations. Sometimes Switzerland location. Personally, I'd have no use case connecting to SG/China etc

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  • poissonpoisson OG

    I'm asking because I notice they have Chinese servers and I have quite a few Chinese friends who would be interested to VPN back into China to get their shows and stuff.

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  • YmpkerYmpker OG

    @poisson said:
    I'm asking because I notice they have Chinese servers and I have quite a few Chinese friends who would be interested to VPN back into China to get their shows and stuff.

    Well, next time I use Ivacy I can try to connect to China and see how good he Speedtest is.

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  • hopefulhopeful OG

    @poisson I don't think it works that well. For the many China servers they fall into any of these cases:
    1. Not working at all. As in, not ping-able, not responding to any connections.
    2. They're actually not located in China. A few servers in HK/Singapore are mis-labelled as China.
    3. They are there, pingable, but you just can't login. Facing authentication errors over PPTP, and it connects over OpenVPN but do not actually forwards your packet.

    I tried working this out with Ivacy support but, while they respond quickly, they are not helpful at all. Just your usual L1 tech support.

    If you found a reliable VPN for connecting back to China, do let me know.

    KeepSolid have a free trial and I agree with @Ympker that they have much higher quality and standards. I have 60GB/month with my free WindScribe subscription but I really prefer using the OS native VPN client.

  • YmpkerYmpker OG

    @Ympker said:

    @poisson said:
    I'm asking because I notice they have Chinese servers and I have quite a few Chinese friends who would be interested to VPN back into China to get their shows and stuff.

    Well, next time I use Ivacy I can try to connect to China and see how good he Speedtest is.

    I just tried to connect to their "China" Location. Connected me to Hong Kong, so meh. Also could only push like 7 Mbit/s (normally I have like 80 Mbit/s).

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  • poissonpoisson OG

    @Ympker said:

    @Ympker said:

    @poisson said:
    I'm asking because I notice they have Chinese servers and I have quite a few Chinese friends who would be interested to VPN back into China to get their shows and stuff.

    Well, next time I use Ivacy I can try to connect to China and see how good he Speedtest is.

    I just tried to connect to their "China" Location. Connected me to Hong Kong, so meh. Also could only push like 7 Mbit/s (normally I have like 80 Mbit/s).

    Yikes. That sucks.

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  • vyasvyas OG
    edited March 2020

    I too got HK for Ivacy and not “China”. Had to stop within a minute because mac ran out of juice. From my location speeds not significantly different than Singapore, plus the expected lag.

    Haven’t tried VPN u/l

    Edit: just tried VPN u/l (KeepSolid) on my phone. Hk again. On fast.com speed checker got 12 Mbps. Singapore is 18 Mbps. Baseline on home location with VPN 65 Mbps.

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  • YmpkerYmpker OG

    @vyas said:
    I too got HK for Ivacy and not “China”. Had to stop within a minute because mac ran out of juice. From my location speeds not significantly different than Singapore, plus the expected lag.

    Haven’t tried VPN u/l

    Edit: just tried VPN u/l (KeepSolid) on my phone. Hk again. On fast.com speed checker got 12 Mbps. Singapore is 18 Mbps. Baseline on home location with VPN 65 Mbps.

    For these locations I feel like that's great. I also currently have 70-80 Mbit/s normally in my flat in Spain (Wifi only) and with Keepsolid Romania/France/Germany I usually reach like 50 Mbit/s. Singapore/HK I'd expect less (not tried yet though). It is more stable than Ivacy for sure :)

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  • EmmetEmmet OG
    edited March 2020

    Do any of these run reliably in China?

    If anyone's interested, KeepSolid seems to be available for $15/lifetime. https://forums.redflagdeals.com/stacksocial-keepsolid-lifetime-vpn-5-device-15-usd-20-cdn-2356966/

  • YmpkerYmpker OG

    @Emmet said:
    Do any of these run reliably in China?

    If anyone's interested, KeepSolid seems to be available for $15/lifetime. https://forums.redflagdeals.com/stacksocial-keepsolid-lifetime-vpn-5-device-15-usd-20-cdn-2356966/

    I don't think any of these run reliably in China, given that the GFW is ever growing. Best is to inquire about that with the support because their surely won't boast about it.

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  • EmmetEmmet OG

    @Ympker said: I don't think any of these run reliably in China, given that the GFW is ever growing. Best is to inquire about that with the support because their surely won't boast about it.

    Followed up. VPN Unlimited claims to work in China. Windscribe does work in China, to an extent. I've had FastestVPN once and it did work for a few days before it stopped working.

  • YmpkerYmpker OG

    Updated chart to include my latest purchase: Keepsolid Smart DNS Lifetime (28$)

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  • foxonefoxone OG

    Is FastestVPN you have in the chart the same as https://fastestvpn.com/ ? They don't seem to support wireguard (anymore?).

  • YmpkerYmpker OG
    edited May 2020

    @foxone said:
    Is FastestVPN you have in the chart the same as https://fastestvpn.com/ ? They don't seem to support wireguard (anymore?).

    Yes, it's exactly that one. I never knew they supported Wireguard.

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  • foxonefoxone OG

    @Ympker said:

    @foxone said:
    Is FastestVPN you have in the chart the same as https://fastestvpn.com/ ? They don't seem to support wireguard (anymore?).

    Yes, it's exactly that one. I never knew they supported Wireguard.

    I asked their chat, and they say wireguard is not supported. Can you check if it's still available?

  • YmpkerYmpker OG
    edited May 2020

    @foxone said:

    @Ympker said:

    @foxone said:
    Is FastestVPN you have in the chart the same as https://fastestvpn.com/ ? They don't seem to support wireguard (anymore?).

    Yes, it's exactly that one. I never knew they supported Wireguard.

    I asked their chat, and they say wireguard is not supported. Can you check if it's still available?

    Smart DNS does not have Wireguard. Keepsolid VPN does have Wireguard.

    https://www.vpnunlimitedapp.com/blog/introducing-wireguard-vpn-protocol/

    Wireguard is an option in Windows and Android Client and I can also create a config for manual setup:

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  • foxonefoxone OG

    I was talking about FastestVPN actually... Looking for a vpn to do some ip rotation while crawling

  • YmpkerYmpker OG

    @foxone said:
    I was talking about FastestVPN actually... Looking for a vpn to do some ip rotation while crawling

    Ah, I dont think FastestVPN has Wireguard. Ivacy/Pure VPN don't either.

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  • YmpkerYmpker OG

    WIP: Adding a list of LE users that use the VPNs mentioned in my comparison chart:

    • Added KeepsolidVPN. Found a whopping 36 LE users who are using it (probably more that I have missed). List has been updated.

    Next up: Ivacy, FastestVPN, Windscribe Pro. Stay tuned :)

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  • YmpkerYmpker OG
    edited April 2023

    GooseVPN (dutch lifetime vpn) has been added to the list :) Pulled the trigger yesterday.

    Updated existing entries in the list. Tl;dr:

    • R4AW VPN has been out of business for a while. I never really used them though, so didn't notice. --> LTD Canary has been updated.
    • Updated fastest protocol of existing entries (mostly Wireguard is now the fastest protocol on the respective providers)

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  • chitreechitree

    What does LTD stand for?

    VPS providers to check out:

  • YmpkerYmpker OG

    @chitree said:
    What does LTD stand for?

    LTD is most likely usually meant as a form of a company, but in this case, I like to call "lifetime deals" LTDs :D

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  • mee2mee2 OG

    @Ympker How do you manually configure fastestvpn wireguard? I can't find any details on their website.

  • YmpkerYmpker OG
    edited January 2024

    @mee2 said:
    @Ympker How do you manually configure fastestvpn wireguard? I can't find any details on their website.

    They don't offer manual config for wg afaik. I either use their client, but usually, I am using Keepsolid/Windscribe anyway :D

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  • mee2mee2 OG
    edited January 2024

    @Ympker said:

    @mee2 said:
    @Ympker How do you manually configure fastestvpn wireguard? I can't find any details on their website.

    They don't offer manual config for wg afaik. I either use their client, but usually, I am using Keepsolid/Windscribe anyway :D

    Ok thanks. The spread sheeet has wiregurad in the manual config column for fastestvpn. Needs to be corrected or am I looking wrong?

  • YmpkerYmpker OG

    @mee2 said:

    @Ympker said:

    @mee2 said:
    @Ympker How do you manually configure fastestvpn wireguard? I can't find any details on their website.

    They don't offer manual config for wg afaik. I either use their client, but usually, I am using Keepsolid/Windscribe anyway :D

    Ok thanks. The spread sheeet has wiregurad in the manual config column for fastestvpn. Needs to be corrected or am I looking wrong?

    Thanks for bringing it up. I must have put this in error. I never used manual wg with FastestVPN. This has been adjusted :)

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  • JosephJoseph

    @Ympker said:

    @mee2 said:
    @Ympker How do you manually configure fastestvpn wireguard? I can't find any details on their website.

    They don't offer manual config for wg afaik. I either use their client, but usually, I am using Keepsolid/Windscribe anyway :D

    How is the quality of FastestVPN's speed and reliability compared to the others?

  • SocksAreComfortableSocksAreComfortable

    Given that it's free to use at a base level, any thoughts or comparisons on how Proton VPN compares to some of these? At least the free version?

  • YmpkerYmpker OG
    edited January 2024

    @Joseph said:

    @Ympker said:

    @mee2 said:
    @Ympker How do you manually configure fastestvpn wireguard? I can't find any details on their website.

    They don't offer manual config for wg afaik. I either use their client, but usually, I am using Keepsolid/Windscribe anyway :D

    How is the quality of FastestVPN's speed and reliability compared to the others?

    Their OVPN and Wireguard speeds were always quite decent when I used them. About 150ish Mbit/s with my 250 Mbit/s line. Due to recent events regarding their owner I haven't been using them much, lately.

    @SocksAreComfortable said:
    Given that it's free to use at a base level, any thoughts or comparisons on how Proton VPN compares to some of these? At least the free version?

    I recommended Proton VPN to a friend who was looking for smth free once. He seemed to be happy, but I never really tried Proton VPN given I had enough lifetime vpn alternatives 😛

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